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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Brother U.K. Limited paid suppliers in 36 days on average — within its stated 7–61 day terms

CRN 00029301 · Wholesale & retail trade · 14 statutory reports on record · period to 31 Mar 2025

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 31 Mar 2025 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
36daysavg time to pay · H1 2025

Their H1 2025 filing put the average 29 days past the shortest term they state (7 days), still within their 61-day upper term.

Their stated terms
7–61 days
Paid outside agreed terms
23% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
7%
Reporting period
1 Oct 2024 – 31 Mar 2025
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 16 May 2025

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2025 filing

Paid within their stated range — 36 against 7–61 days

The pattern · last 6 of 14 reports

Held steady around 36 days

The read · computed from their figures

Brother U.K. Limited's H1 2025 filing put their average at 36 days against stated terms of 7–61 days; 23% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 7% took 61 days or longer. Filed 16 May 2025.

The pattern is steady — their reported average moves within about ±4 days period to period.

That is 14 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Terms are 30 days net monthly: payment is due by the end of the month following the date of invoice (no change from the previous report).

Dispute resolution

Payment queries and all invoices should be directed to the accounts department who can be contacted on the following email address: [email protected]. Any disputes are resolved by discussion between the Supplier, the BUK Department responsible and Finance. Every effort is made to resolve issues quickly and fairly, including prompt payment on resolution.

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20253623%7%16 May 2025
H2 20242922%7%4 Nov 2024
H1 20243325%7%7 May 2024
H2 20233430%6%31 Oct 2023
H1 20233537%7%28 Apr 2023
H2 20223531%5%27 Oct 2022
H1 20223534%5%4 May 2022
H2 20213322%4%29 Oct 2021
H1 20213221%5%30 Apr 2021
H2 20203326%6%29 Oct 2020
H1 20203225%5%29 Apr 2020
H2 20193326%6%30 Oct 2019
H1 20193818%8%30 Apr 2019
H2 20184219%10%30 Oct 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
5 Jul 1889
Registered office
SHEPLEY STREET, GUIDE BRIDGE, MANCHESTER, M34 5JD
1 outstanding charge — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Illustrative · working-capital arithmetic

What a 36-day cycle ties up

A worked example, not a finding. On a hypothetical £12k/month account, at a 36-day vs a 7-day payment cycle.

≈ £14,000
of invoicing outstanding at any one time on a 36-day cycle — about £11,400 more than the same account would carry at 7-day terms.

Late Payment Act. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 lets a supplier charge statutory interest and fixed compensation on invoices paid past agreed terms. Work out what a late invoice is worth → Whether it applies depends on your contract — check with an adviser.

Quick answers · Brother U.K. Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average was steady — within about ±4 days period to period, around 36 days.
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest reports averaged around day 36, moving within about ±4 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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How UK payment reporting works

What is a Payment Practices Report?
UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.
What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.
How often is this data updated?
Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.
Is this official government data?
The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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